Robotics/coding
Atoms and Planets
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Decomposition
Machines
100

What is the moving components of the robots that we designed? 

motor and cork

100

This is the direction of rotation that the Earth takes. 

counter clockwise

100

This device was used to collect samples from whale blow holes

A Drone

100

This is what happens when food waste is left in dirt or sand. 

It decomposes. 

100

This simple machine allows us to turn on lights.

Lever

200

This is the type of code we use when we want something to happen when we click button A on a microbit. 

input

200

If an atom has 6 protons, how many electrons can it have? 

6

200
Scientists performed brain surgery on this insect to determine how it can find north and south. 

A Monarch Butterfly

200

Name two living things that assist in the decomposition process. 

Answer varies 

200

This simple machine makes it easier to push or lower something from a great height. 

Incline Plane

300

What do microbits use in order to communicate with each other? 

Radio

300

This is the heaviest element that a star can make before it explodes. 

Iron

300

Polyethylene is the most common form of this material that oil companies want to sell. 

Plastic

300

This species is neither plant nor animal but is considered one of the great decomposers. 

Fungi

300

Name 3 simple machines that make it easier for things to move. 

Wheel and axle, incline plane, lever, gear

400

What is the line of code we use to show text? 

show string

400

For life to have grown on Earth it needed this to survive within. 

Oceans/water

400

The dinosaur xenovator was believed to have done a lot of headbutting because of this skeletal feature. 

A bump on it's skull

400

What do we call the organisms that are able to clean up oil spills in oceans. 

Microorganisms 

400

This simple machine is perfect for splitting. 

Wedge

500

How could you get your microbit to play music? 

Answer varies 

500

If I wanted to combine two hydrogen and one oxygen together, how many spaces would the oxygen need in its outer electron ring to allow this combination? 

2

500

The Petula snail was compared to this bird species because of the many variations between different islands before being driven to almost extinction. 

Darwin's Finches

500

When you combine water, yeast, hydrogen peroxide, and soap you get this foamy reaction.

Elephant Toothpaste 

500

This device is the perfect example of Newton's 3 laws of motion 

Newton's Cradle